Mary Smoot-Souter
Fine artist
My art reflects my love of life; people, nature, simple everyday things that inspire me to move.
Compositional elements are found everywhere in the world; patterns in nature, unique proportions of human
anatomy, the portrait, gestural movement of branches and trees, the breadth of atmospheric perspective and
layers of air in space,....
Countless reasons creativity helps facilitate growth; architecture, musical composition and poetry. To move,
dance, paint,and play. This is what inspires me to be an artist.
Education:
Masters of Fine Art from the New York Academy of Art in New York.
Studied classical and contemporary art training from the model.
Painted with the late Millet Andrejevic and Xavier de Callatay amongst other noted Professors.
Andrew Warhol was on the Board of Directors in the late 80’s and Eileen Guggenheim is currently involved with
the Art History Dept. at the Academy.
Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
Studied with Master Printmaker John Ross
NY Teaching Certification, Psch-hi Honor Society of Psychology
Graduated Cum laude.
Private Studies:
Frank Reilly Art Studio, White Plains, NY
Studied with Cesare Borgia (student of the late Frank Reilly from the Art Students League)
Private tutorial with Michael Aviano in new york city
Ecole a. Defois, le se qua sa passavant, Southern France Studied with Ted Seth Jacobs
New School for Social Research, New York City Milton Glazer (paperback illustration)
Richard Schneider (landscape artist) Barett House, Poughkeepsie
Andrew Lattimore landscape workshop
John McDonald landscape workshop
